The largest offshore wind farm in Scandinavia is officially open. The state-owned Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has inaugurated the Horns Rev 3 facility, which is located in the North Sea, off Denmark’s west coast.
Horns Rev 3 consists of 49 turbines, which stand 187 meters tall. If the...
China's plans to levy 5% tariff on US crude imports from September 1 caused a drop in benchmark crude prices Friday, jeopardized seaborne US crude shipments heading to China and limited buying interest in US crude from Chinese refiners.
This is the first set of tariffs imposed by China on US...
Thermal power capacity has risen by 16% or 9,000 megawatts over the past six years.
According to the Energy Ministry news portal, the output has increased from 56,000 MW in 2013 to 65,000 MW now.
An estimated 123 thermal power stations are in operation of which 20 were built in the 6-year...
Brent crude oil futures rose above $60 a barrel on Wednesday after industry data showed a larger-than-expected drop in US crude inventories, but lingering worries about a possible global recession capped gains.
Brent crude had gained 26 cents, or 0.43%, to $60.29 a barrel, after settling 0.5%...
Norway’s Equinor and Russia’s Gazprom, Europe’s largest suppliers of pipeline gas, have lost market share as a result of the LNG import surge that has occurred over the past 10 months.
LNG imports to Europe have benefitted from weak demand in Asia, which has led to European gas prices dropping...
Despite claims from politicians that Australia’s contribution to global carbon emissions is not that big, the country ranks third in the world in terms of fossil fuel exports by carbon dioxide potential, the Australia Institute think tank said on Monday.
Australia’s fossil fuel exports are only...
Chinese investments in the oil and gas industry of Nigeria have reached $16 billion, according to a senior official at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, but the industry needs even more to advance its production growth agenda.
Vanguard quotes NNPC’s Group Managing Director Malla Mele...
Governments need to do more to invest in clean water, the chief executive of a non-profit organization urged, with unsafe drinking water posing a risk to populations.
More investment will also lead to economic advantages, pointed out Scott Harrison, chief executive officer and founder at charity...
Oman’s first wind farm, the 50-MW Dhofar Wind Farm, has produced its first kilowatt hour of electricity, marking a major milestone for the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council region’s first utility-scale wind farm.
The wind farm was successfully connected to Oman’s electricity transmission grid...
An Oregon State University study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar panels, it would be sufficient to fulfill the global electric energy demand.
The concept of co-developing the same area of land for both...